Winegardner's Wine Blog

July 6, 1954 – February 11, 2015 Kurt Albert Winegardner, 60, passed away in his home, listening to Dylan on February 11, 2015. Kurt grew up in Billings, MT, spending hours at Lissa Field, making life long friends. His quest for the perfect golf swing began while working in the…

“Wine is, above all, about pleasure. Those who make it ponderous make it dull….If you keep an open mind and take each wine on its own terms, there is a world of magic to discover.” – Kermit Lynch For the next two weeks, Winegardner’s will be focusing on the great…

This week we are excited to feature wines from the oldest family-owned winery in Calfornia. For six generations and over 150 years, their family has farmed estate vineyards at the crossroads of the Sonoma Valley, Carneros and Napa Valley appellations. Their story began in 1858, when Jacob Bundschu purchased 400…

People are screaming for red wine, but you’re a white wine drinker. Are you stuck with crisp, light and refreshing whites that all those red wine drinkers start sipping on when the snow melts? Absolutely not! White wines can have just as much oomph as red wines during a polar…

The wine village of Kaltern lies 15 kilometres south of Bozen, above Lake Kaltern, the warmest lake in the Alps. Wine-growing around Lake Kaltern is structured on an extremely small scale. Producer co-operatives offer farmers access to the knowledge of experienced cellar masters, and the use of the technical infrastructures…

The story of Enotec Imports began with a philosophy of Earth Friendly Wines. Organic purity. 100% Italian. Earth Friendly Wines = free of pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers. Grapes hand picked, with minimum handling and filtration. In the cellar, modern and traditional techniques are combined, producing the best possible wines. Enotec…